Chapter 1150: The Laws of Heaven

Hundreds of Void Beasts could no longer hold back, pouncing towards Qin Mu, Honored Celestial Hong, Long Qilin, Yan'er, and the others on the altar, like a pack of wolves fighting over food.

"Half for each!"

Grand Honored Celestial Hong swept his sleeve, enveloping the pouncing Void Beasts. These creatures were incomparably huge, yet they seemed pitifully small once they fell into his sleeve.

Qin Mu's divine consciousness erupted, conjuring countless exceedingly sharp spikes. These spikes appeared within the remaining Void Beasts, instantly riddling them with holes.

The Void Beasts were valiant and skilled in combat; the pack let out shrill, piercing sounds that pounded directly into his mind.

Qin Mu was disoriented by the Void Beasts' cries. He hastily activated the Overlord Body Three Elixirs technique, transforming it into the Grand Luo Supreme Divine Consciousness. He formed a divine consciousness domain to firmly protect his mind, preventing his brain from exploding.

The Void Beasts attempted to dematerialize their bodies to escape the spikes within them. However, as they dematerialized, so did the spikes!

This was a unique divine consciousness ability of the Creation Race!

Qin Mu exerted himself to maintain the divine ability. Soon, the Void Beasts scattered in a frantic escape.

He then breathed a sigh of relief. Although his divine consciousness was powerful enough to reach the twenty-eighth layer of the void, it was still difficult to control over a hundred Void Beasts simultaneously, so he could only let them escape.

In a short time, these Void Beasts escaped the range of his divine consciousness ability. Each one concealed itself, daring not to approach.

Qin Mu looked around. He saw huge eyes appearing everywhere between the sky and the mountains and rivers, staring fixedly at them, a sight that made his scalp tingle.

What was most terrifying about Void Beasts was not a frontal assault, but their ability to hide in the void and launch sneak attacks. They could merge with mountains, rivers, and trees, or with rivers and the ground, and might even lurk beside you unnoticed.

There were simply too many Void Beasts here; a slight lapse in attention could mean utter annihilation.

Qin Mu became fully alert, manifesting three heads and six arms to guard against sneak attacks from the Void Beasts.

Honored Celestial Hong shook his sleeve, and pieces of shattered bone fell out.

Qin Mu glanced at him and smiled, "Fellow Daoist Hong, you saw me use a divine consciousness ability to control the Void Beasts. Aren't you curious at all?"

He put away the altar and walked forward with Long Qilin and Yan'er. Honored Celestial Hong stepped to follow him, his white eyebrows fluttering, and chuckled, "You're an Overlord Body, and you've been to the past. What's there to be curious about you knowing a divine consciousness ability?"

Qin Mu couldn't quite figure out the background of this Honored Celestial of the Beast Race. He probed, "It seems to me that Fellow Daoist Hong and Fellow Daoist Gong have some friction between you. Since you're not the Grand Emperor, why is Honored Celestial Gong displeased with you?"

"You know Gong's identity?"

Honored Celestial Hong's wide sleeves fluttered. He looked down and with a wave of his large sleeve, forced back the attacking Void Beasts. He chuckled, "She's mistaken me for someone else. She's been relentlessly pursuing and trying to kill me repeatedly. But I don't want to kill her, so every time I encounter her, I can only give way and not argue with her."

Qin Mu looked around for a treasure ground and said casually, "So, back then, you killed Grand Honored Celestial Hong and obliterated the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness. You're an ancient god, and only ancient gods are extremely wary of the Grand Emperor. In that case, you must be Lady Yuanmu. I've been thinking about you, Lady, ever since I first saw you, unable to rest, tossing and turning in bed. If you, Lady, lived next door to me, I could get to know you better."

Honored Celestial Hong was momentarily stunned, then chuckled, "Why do you say that?"

Qin Mu said, "Grand Honored Celestial Hong is the Grand Emperor. The Grand Emperor's divine consciousness is boundless and mighty. Back then, I severely wounded him, and his divine consciousness was damaged, but not just anyone could obliterate it. However, Lady Yuanmu's Ruins ability can destroy everything. God King Boyang, one of the three ancient kings, was thrown into the Ruins by the Empress and Yuanmu, reduced to ashes without a trace."

Honored Celestial Hong chuckled, "Lady Yuanmu isn't the only one who can destroy the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness."

Qin Mu looked at the Grand Primordium ore vein in the distance and saw Honored Celestial Xiao already flying towards it. He frowned slightly.

Honored Celestial Xiao went there for the corpse of Ancient Xiao and the Emperor Sword. Moreover, the Grand Primordium ore vein was extremely useful to him, and he had to acquire it.

It was reasonable that he would fly there first.

"So, among the ancient gods, who else could obliterate the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness?" Qin Mu asked humbly.

"Heaven Duke, Earth Count, Heavenly Emperor, Empress, Earth Mother, and even Heavenly Yin can all destroy a portion of the Grand Emperor's divine consciousness."

Honored Celestial Hong also looked into the distance. He saw God Emperor Lang Xuan flying towards the Ancestral Court's Jade Pool, and sighed softly, saying, "Lang Xuan has claimed this treasure ground. Because of this Beast Race body, Honored Celestial Gong has misunderstood me. I don't want to argue, but I just didn't expect to let Honored Celestial Mu misunderstand as well. Since Honored Celestial Mu has the power to protect himself, we don't have to be neighbors."

Qin Mu was startled, "Who exactly are you?"

"The ways of heaven are constant; they do not exist for Mu nor perish for Xiao. Respond to them with order, and there will be good fortune; respond with chaos, and there will be misfortune."

Honored Celestial Hong's wide sleeves fluttered as he walked forward. He chuckled, "I am merely an observer who has traveled from ancient times to the present. The ancient god Heavenly Emperor doesn't allow me to see the Celestial Heavens, the Earth Mother doesn't allow me to see the Primordial Realm, and Earth Count doesn't allow me to see Youdu. So, I had no choice but to experience it myself."

Qin Mu's body trembled violently, and he froze on the spot. After a moment, he regained his senses and quickly rushed forward to catch up. His divine consciousness fluctuated as he transmitted his voice, "If you are him, why would you still attack the Western Emperor?"

Honored Celestial Hong floated away into the distance, waving his large sleeve. "Killing her was protecting her, helping her break free from the ancient gods' restraints. Since you wanted to protect her, I went with the flow and let her owe you a favor. I saved you at the Jade Pool, and you owe me for that. So, I need you to write me an IOU!"

Qin Mu couldn't catch up and stood rooted to the spot. After a moment, he shook his head and laughed wryly, "Truly an old schemer... an old hand!"

Yan'er and Long Qilin caught up with him. Long Qilin asked, "Cult Master, was it Heaven Duke who killed Grand Honored Celestial Hong back then?"

Qin Mu nodded. "It should be him. When I intercepted Grand Honored Celestial Hong from destroying the Xiao Han Celestial Heavens, both Grand Honored Celestial Hong and I unleashed extremely terrifying divine consciousness fluctuations, which couldn't have been hidden from Heaven Duke. He must have intercepted and killed Grand Honored Celestial Hong while I was gravely wounded and leaving, and Grand Honored Celestial Hong was gravely wounded and fleeing."

He was lost in thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "God King Gongjun discovered that Grand Honored Celestial Hong was dead and his divine consciousness obliterated, so she left. However, Heaven Duke still sent a part of his soul into Grand Honored Celestial Hong's corpse, becoming the Honored Celestial of the Beast Race."

"That's not right."

Long Qilin suddenly exclaimed, "If Honored Celestial Hong is Heaven Duke, then there would be five Honored Celestials who saved you at the Jade Pool: Heavenly Emperor Xiao, Lady Yuanmu, Honored Celestial Huo, Honored Celestial Hong, and God King Gongjun!"

Qin Mu glanced at him and shook his head. "Heavenly Emperor Xiao wouldn't save me. He's very afraid of being exposed. Everyone suspects he would save me, so he actually wouldn't, because he's nominally an Honored Celestial of the human race. Honored Celestial Huo wouldn't either. Among those who saved me at the Jade Pool banquet, there were only Honored Celestial Hong, Honored Celestial Gong, and Lady Yuanmu. Lady Yuanmu isn't among the Ten Honored Celestials; she's in the Celestial Heavens. I estimate..."

He mused, "Honored Celestial Xiao discovered at the time that there were already ten Honored Celestial-level beings at the Jade Pool, and he wasn't among them, so he didn't show his face and instead observed the situation quietly. As an ancient god Heavenly Emperor, what am I? He wouldn't risk exposing his identity for my life."

Long Qilin said in disbelief, "Then Honored Celestial Huo..."

Qin Mu looked around and continued, "When I returned to the Dragon Han era, every time I tried to seek out Honored Celestial Yun, I was unsuccessful. Each time, Honored Celestial Yun had gone to seek out Honored Celestial Huo, yet he still couldn't get Honored Celestial Huo's support. Honored Celestial Yun and Honored Celestial Huo were good friends; if he couldn't even persuade Honored Celestial Huo, how would Honored Celestial Huo help me?"

In the distance, Ancestral God King was using his Heavenly Dao ability to sweep away numerous Void Beasts, a truly astonishing sight.

He had also found a treasure ground and intended to claim it.

Forty-nine Heavenly Dao treasures hung high in the sky, guarding the area so that even Void Beasts could not infiltrate it.